Cruise recalls entire fleet after robotaxi ran over, dragged pedestrian
[ad_1] GM self-driving car subsidiary Cruise issued a recall for 950 vehicles equipped with its autonomous vehicle software following a crash that left a pedestrian, who had initially been hit…
Read More »Flexport gobbles up Convoy’s assets, Revel pulls the plug on mopeds and UAW sets its sights on Toyota and Tesla
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Read More »Ford shutters company building an app for plumbers, electricians and other trades
[ad_1] Ford has shut down VIIZR, a software-as-a-service company that along with Salesforce built an app to help tradespeople like plumbers, locksmiths and electricians to schedule field appointments, send invoices…
Read More »Toyota to invest another $8B into North Carolina EV battery factory
[ad_1] Toyota said Tuesday it will invest another $8 billion into its first EV battery factory in North America, as the Japanese automaker tries to ramp up its electrification program…
Read More »Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to ‘rebuild public trust’
[ad_1] Cruise said Thursday evening it has paused all driverless operations, a decision that comes just two days after the California Department of Motor Vehicles suspended Cruise’s deployment and driverless…
Read More »Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US
[ad_1] Motorsports and off-road competition isn’t the typical fodder over here at TechCrunch — unless, of course, there also happens to be a podium-winning team driving an all-electric 2023 Rivian…
Read More »GM, Cruise and Honda to launch robotaxi service in Japan
[ad_1] General Motors, self-driving car subsidiary Cruise and Honda plan to launch a robotaxi service in Japan under a new joint venture, the three companies announced today. The companies intend…
Read More »Elon Musk warns Cybertruck won’t be profitable until 2025
[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a warning Wednesday about the soon-to-be delivered Cybertruck that might sound familiar to those who closely followed the company’s Model 3 “production hell” era….
Read More »The UAW strike is starting to affect CES 2024
[ad_1] Stellantis announced Tuesday that it will cancel its planned presentations and display at CES 2024, the tech trade show that takes over Las Vegas every January. The reason? The…
Read More »How generative AI is creeping into EV battery development
[ad_1] Ten billion. That’s how many commercially procurable molecules are available today. Start looking at them in groups of five — the typical combination used to make electrolyte materials in…
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